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 157. Sterna dougalli gracilis. 



Slerna gracilis Gould, Pruc. Zool. Son. {Luml.) \Mb. p. 70 : Houtman's Ahrolbos, West Australia. 



Synon3'm : 



Sterna niijrifnms Masters, Proc. Linn. Soc. A'.S. IC. vol. i. p. r>2. 1875: Warrior Reef, North 

 Queensland. 



Ansfniliau I{oseate Tern. 

 Mathews, /fanf/l/.sf^o. V22. 

 Hansp : Australia (hreedinjr). 



158. Sterna media. 



Sterna meiliu Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lund.) vol. xiii. p. lyU. 1821 : Java. 



Synonym : 

 Thalasseus torresii Gou\d, Proc. Zool Soc.{Lonrl.) lSi2. p. 140 (184.3); Port Essington. Northern 

 Territory. 



Lesser Crested Tern. 

 Mathews, Banc/list No. 124. 

 Range : Java and Australia. 



lou. Sterna bergii cristata. 



Sterna cristata Stephens, in Shaw's Gen. Zoul. vol. xiii. pt. i. p. 14ii, 182IJ: Port Jackson, New 

 South Wales. 



Synonym : 

 Sterna jxiliocerra Gould, Synops. Birds Auslr. pt. ii. pi. .37. 1837 : Tasmania. 

 Crested Teru. 



Mathews, Hai>dlist No. 125 (pars). 

 Range : New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania. 



150a. Sterna bergii gwendolenae subsp. n. 



Western Crested Tern. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 125 (])iirsj. 



Differs from .S". h. cristata in haviiis; the bill greenish, lighter and slightly larger. 



Type : Rockingham, West Australia, No. 302. 



Range : South-West Australia. 



100. Sterna bergii pelecanoides. 



Sterna peleca/ioiiles King, Surrnj Inlerlmp. C'n(^lx .Inxtr. \>. 4-'2. 1826 : Torres Straits. 



Nortlierji (Crested Tern. 



Mathews, IIai/(lli.^t No. 125 (jiars). 



Range : Queensland, Northern Territory, North-West Australia. 



I III. Sterna striata incerta sulisp. n. 

 Australian White-fronted Tern. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 126 (jiars). 



Differs from .S'. s. striata in its slightly smaller size and diiiker wings. 

 Type : Eastern Australia, No. 6'.)05. 

 Range : East Australia. 



As Sterna melanorht/ncha Gould is preoccnpied it becomes necessary to give 

 this bird a new name. 



